Roller for skates



(No Model.)

A. P. ODELL. ROLLER FOR SKATES.

No. 336,491. Patented Feb. 16, 1886.

avg? C ca 1 M I UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ALBERT P. ODELL, OF BRADFORD, PENNSYLVANIA.

ROLLER FOR SKATES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 336,491, dated February 16, 1886.

Application filed June 24, 1885. Serial No. 169,646.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ALBERT P. ODELL, of Bradford, in the county of McKean and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Rollers for Roller-Skates; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it pertains to make and use it, reference being hadto the accompanying drawing, which forms part of this specification.

My invention relates to an improvement in roller-skates; and it consists in a thin metal covering,which is applied to opposite edges of the roller, which has a recess in each end and grooves in its periphery, and which covering is spun upon the wheel, as will be more fully described hereinafter.

The object of my invention is to make the rollers of roller-skates out of native wood and to protect their edges by means of thin metallic coverings, which are spun over them, and thus enable the manufacturer of the skates to becomeindependentofthesupply ofbox-wood, upon which they must now depend in order to make the rollers.

The accompanying drawing represents a vertical section of a roller embodying my invention.

A represents an ordinary Wooden roller, which has suitable grooves or recesses, B, of any desired shape, formed in its rim. In each side of these rollers is made a recess, 0, of any suitable depth, for the purpose of forming the flange D around the edge of the wheel. Over the opposite edges of this wheel are spun thin metallic coverings I, which have their outer edges spun up under the inner edge of (No model.)

the flange D, and their inner edges spun down into the grooves B, which are made in the rim of the roller. These metallic coverings are made to fit tightly against the surface of the roller, and then are held securely in position by spinning their edges into the grooves and under the edge of the flanges, as shown.

Heretofore the edges of the wheels have been protected by means of metallic plates, which are applied to opposite outer sides of the rollers; but these plates, while they prevent the edges of the rollers from being worn away, cut and injure the floor, and hence they are objectionable for this reason. The metallic coverings here shown, being made of thin soft metal, cannot cut or injure the floor, and enable native woods to be used to the exclusion of the box-w0od, which is imported from foreign countries.

I am aware that a non-metallic pulley for drive chains has heretofore had its thin edges protected by means of thin caps or coverings, and this I disclaim. In this case the edges of the pulley are prevented from being broken by the links of the chain; but the caps act for no other purpose.

Having thus described my invention, I claim A roller for roller-skates, having the grooves B in its rim, the flanges D, and recesses G, in combination with the metallic coverings I, which are fitted over opposite edges of the wheel,'substantiall y as specified.

In testimony whereofI afiix my signature in presence of two witnesses. I

- ALBERT P. ODELL. Witnesses:

J AMEs W. SHAW, N. 0.LEvINs. 

